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Crystal-clear budgets for civil society
4-minute video tour

On 11 May 2021,
the Australian federal budget
was presented to parliament by
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.

Login to create your own budget,
explore the federal budget,
select a state budget from the map,
or choose a local government area from the list.

WA NT NSW VIC TAS QLD SA ACT
 

4-minute video tour

BeatJosh
is for

Citizens
Students
Teachers
Journalists
Activists
Charities
Political parties
Governments

Citizens

  • Understand your government's spending priorities and constraints.
  • Comment and vote on budgets that affect your life.
  • Compare the plans of competing candidates at election time.

Students

  • Understand the trade-offs that governments must make when funding different parts of society.
  • Learn how your country is taxed differently from others around the world.
  • Create your own budget and compare it with your classmates'.

Teachers

  • Explain the economy with interactive visuals.
  • Enable students to collaborate in building their own budgets.
  • Collect student comments on any national, regional or local budget.

Journalists

  • Provide context for your stories by linking directly to relevant data.
  • Highlight the political choices available to voters before election time.
  • Quickly reference numerical data, taking account of foreign exchange rates and population.

Activists

  • Provide context for your concerns by linking directly to budget data.
  • Bolster your case by sharing interactive visuals on social media.
  • Welcome and moderate comments from your supporters.

Charities

  • Build trust with your donors by disclosing your revenues and expenses in a clear fromat.
  • Highlight the return on investment from particular projects or campaigns.
  • Spread awareness of your achievements on social media.

Political parties

  • Set out your blueprint for the future of your electorate in a easy-to-digest format.
  • Build awareness by sharing your budget on social media.
  • Disclose your funding sources and campaign expenses.

Governments

  • Build trust with citizens by publishing your fiscal policy in a easy-to-understand format.
  • Provide a platform to deliberate competing funding requests.
  • Minimize the opportunity for corruption by being transparent about cashflows.

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